Roger Clemens and Mitchell Report

When Clemens Gets Out of Jail, He Should Sue His Lawyers

Henry Blodget | Posted 02.27.2008 | Entertainment


Henry Blodget

Too many lawyers bend to the will of their arrogant clients -- and, in doing so, help their clients get convicted of crimes. Roger Clemens never should have testified.

After Baseball Will Congress Begin the Big Hollywood/Botox Investigation?

Sherman Yellen | Posted 02.14.2008 | Politics


Sherman Yellen

Nancy "big eyes" Pelosi and half of our hair-transplanted Senators have recused themselves from this investigation for personal reasons.

Brian McNamee, Roger Clemens' Trainer, Brings 7-Years-Old Bloody Syringes And Vials To Congressional Hearing

Washington Independent | Matthew Blake | Posted 02.07.2008 | Politics


Congress's sweeping probe into performance enhancing drug use in baseball now seems more like a public feud between Roger Clemens and his ex-personal ...

Roger Clemens Arrives At Congress For Steroid Testimony

AP | HOWARD FENDRICH | Posted 02.05.2008 | Home


Roger Clemens arrived to give private, sworn testimony Tuesday to congressional lawyers about whether he used performance-enhancing drugs, pausing br...

Watch Out Roger, They're Lowering The Mound

Daniel Silk | Posted 01.13.2008 | Entertainment


Daniel Silk

Capitol Hill is far from a baseball clubhouse and testifying under oath is anything but a postgame interview.

Why Roger Clemens, Even if Innocent, Should Take the 5th

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 01.11.2008 | Entertainment


Alan Dershowitz

I watched Roger Clemons on 60 Minutes, and if I were a juror, I would have acquitted him. Were I his lawyer, I would insist that he take the 5th and invoke the privilege against self-incrimination.

The Clemens-McNamee Showdown: What is the Point Spread?

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 01.08.2008 | Entertainment


Roger I. Abrams

Roger Clemens suffers from a version of the Barry Bonds' personality disorder. He is obnoxious and arrogant, not unusual characteristics in a world class athlete.

Massive Failure Of Journalists Allowed Steroid Culture To Fester

NY Daily News | STEVE KETTMANN | Posted 01.06.2008 | Media


Maybe I was just paying more attention than others as an age-group swimmer in California at the time, but I can recall being wowed by the guts U.S. sw...

Roger Clemens: Trainer Only Injected Me With Legal Drugs

AP | RONALD BLUM | Posted 01.03.2008 | Home


Roger Clemens said former trainer Brian McNamee injected him with the painkiller lidocaine and the vitamin B-12, according to the first excerpts rele...

Steroids in Baseball: What's New York Got to Do with it?

Warren Goldstein | Posted 12.31.2007 | Entertainment


Warren Goldstein

Which sports town trains the most scrutiny on its teams, from all kinds of media? You got it. I love New York.

"Performance-Enhancing Drugs" in a Performance-Based Society: Reflections on the Mitchell Report

Paul Finkelman | Posted 12.29.2007 | Entertainment


Paul Finkelman

We filled the stands in the "steroid era" because those performances were so wonderfully enhanced. Watching players who were well past their prime playing like kids was just too delicious to resist.

On Baseball's Dirty Laundry

Daniel Silk | Posted 12.24.2007 | Entertainment


Daniel Silk

Maybe I'm blinded by my desperate love of baseball, but I actually don't feel duped by the steroid scandal. Compared to Pete Rose or the 1919 Black Sox? At least these f***kers were trying to win.

Roger Clemens Posts Video Denying Steroid Use, Agrees To "60 Minutes" Interview

AP | Posted 12.23.2007 | Home


Roger Clemens posted a video repeating his denials of steroids use and will interview with "60 Minutes" to answer questions about allegations against ...

Schilling's Challenge to Clemens Won't Erase the Bonds Double Standard

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 12.21.2007 | Entertainment


Earl Ofari Hutchinson

The Clemens and Barry Bonds treatment proved that the by now all-too-familiar double standard quickly kicked in with a vengeance.

Mitchell Report Mail Bag

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 12.20.2007 | Entertainment


Roger I. Abrams

Now that the first storm of outrage about the contents of the Mitchell Report has subsided and the season of good cheer is upon us, let's take a look at the mail bag.

Baseball's Paradox: Professionals Playing a Kid's Game

Gary R. Gaffney | Posted 12.20.2007 | Entertainment


Gary R. Gaffney

As the Mitchell Report points out the drugs were prohibited by MLB rules for decades. Furthermore, the entire unsavory process exists clearly in violation of state and federal laws.

ESPN Yanks Clemens Ads

New York Post | Justin Terranova | Posted 12.20.2007 | Media


Cable sports network ESPN pulled a commercial featuring Roger Clemens right after The Rocket was accused last week of using human growth hormones and ...

Schilling: Clemens Should Prove Innocence Or Give Up Awards

Huffington Post | Posted 12.20.2007 | Home


Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling has called on Roger Clemens to give up four of his Cy Young Awards if he cannot clear his name after allegations...

Better Baseball Through Chemistry: A Generation of Juicers

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 12.18.2007 | Entertainment


Reese Schonfeld

We pretend we're surprised, were shocked, and demand asterisks next to each of the offenders records--the hell with that. Let's put one big bracket around the entire generation, 1985-2007, and asterisk that.

Fairness and Steroids: What the Mitchell Report Tells America About Itself

Lisa Witter | Posted 12.18.2007 | Entertainment


Lisa Witter

As we prepare for a new America on Inauguration Day 2009 we must remember to keep the steroid scandal as a metaphor of what we don't want to be.

No Pain, No Gain

Bob Franken | Posted 12.17.2007 | Politics


Bob Franken

Why deal with any difficulty when it can be smoked, drunk, swallowed or injected away? The candidates have their own version of this.

Why We Are Angry at the Players

Andrei Markovits | Posted 12.17.2007 | Entertainment


Andrei Markovits

The sole issue that upsets us so much about the Mitchell Report is the sanctity of numbers, the alleged pristine-ness of records in baseball.

Assessing the "Collective Failure"

Danny Schechter | Posted 12.17.2007 | Entertainment


Danny Schechter

How naïve to think that a leading mainstream newspaper would indict men in power. No, this story was not about Busheviks or bankers. It reported on steroids by some baseball players.

How did the Steroids Change the Game?

Roger I. Abrams | Posted 12.17.2007 | Entertainment


Roger I. Abrams

None of this means that steroids were good for the game, but rather that perhaps they had little or no impact on the game. Those who have a fetish for the asterisk should put their guns away.

I'm Shocked, Shocked to Find Cheating Going on in Baseball!

Ian Gurvitz | Posted 12.16.2007 | Entertainment


Ian Gurvitz

When one of these scandals breaks, the conclusion is "a few guys cheated, but we got 'em" -- as opposed to the idea that cheating has always gone on, and occasionally people get caught.


 

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